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Steve's Half presented by IONIC Mechatronics - a fully certified course ON-2014-018-BDC
Stephan (Steve) Frank Matusch, age 52, passed away March 11, 2020 in Sudbury, Ontario.
Steve founded the Sudbury Rocks! Marathon in 2005, and worked tirelessly with others to turn it into the successful community event that it is today. He was an entrepreneur, an athlete, and a traveler, but above all, he was a loving husband and father. Steve’s greatest joy was his children. He actively supported their many passions, including science fair, dance, and music. He spent hours and hours going for walks and pondering the universe with Brendon; he relished the moments he spent with “his sunshine”, Annika. His greatest regret was that he wouldn’t see his children grow into adulthood. Steve developed primary sclerosing cholangitis, which led to a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer in 2018. Thanks to the wonderful team at UHN in Toronto, and his awesome brother-in-law and donor, Monty Gillard, Steve was fortunate to receive a liver transplant in September 2019. Sadly, the cancer returned in late 2019 and spread quickly. Steve’s life was much shorter than we would have liked, but he lived it fully.
Steve founded the Sudbury Rocks! Marathon in 2005, and worked tirelessly with others to turn it into the successful community event that it is today. He was an entrepreneur, an athlete, and a traveler, but above all, he was a loving husband and father. Steve’s greatest joy was his children. He actively supported their many passions, including science fair, dance, and music. He spent hours and hours going for walks and pondering the universe with Brendon; he relished the moments he spent with “his sunshine”, Annika. His greatest regret was that he wouldn’t see his children grow into adulthood. Steve developed primary sclerosing cholangitis, which led to a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer in 2018. Thanks to the wonderful team at UHN in Toronto, and his awesome brother-in-law and donor, Monty Gillard, Steve was fortunate to receive a liver transplant in September 2019. Sadly, the cancer returned in late 2019 and spread quickly. Steve’s life was much shorter than we would have liked, but he lived it fully.
This course is comprised of one loop of the marathon course. This event will be fast! The walker friendly route has a 6 hour time limit.
Start Time: 7:55 am
Water/Sport Drink locations and porta potties are located approximately every 2 kms.
Sorry, gels are only available on the 2nd loop of the course for the marathon runners
Course Time Limits
Official time limit for the 1/2 marathon is 6 hours. This generous time limit allows event access to most levels of walkers. Slower participants may be asked to walk along sidewalks and obey traffic rules.
Water/Sport Drink locations and porta potties are located approximately every 2 kms.
Sorry, gels are only available on the 2nd loop of the course for the marathon runners
Course Time Limits
Official time limit for the 1/2 marathon is 6 hours. This generous time limit allows event access to most levels of walkers. Slower participants may be asked to walk along sidewalks and obey traffic rules.
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